INSAT-2DT

Arabsat-1C → INSAT-2DT
Mission typeCommunication
OperatorArabsatINSAT
COSPAR ID1992-010B Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.21894
Mission duration7 years (planned)
12¾ years (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
BusSpacebus 100
ManufacturerAérospatiale/MBB[1]
Launch mass1,360 kilograms (3,000 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date26 February 1992, 23:58:10 (1992-02-26UTC23:58:10Z) UTC
RocketAriane 44L
Launch siteKourou ELA-2
ContractorArianespace
End of mission
DisposalDecommissioned
DeactivatedOctober 2004 (2004-11)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Longitude31° East
55° East
82.5° East
Period24 hours
Transponders
Band2 E/F-band
25 G/H-Band

INSAT-2DT, previously Arabsat-1C and also known as INSAT-2R, was a Saudi Arabian and subsequently Indian communications satellite which was operated initially by Arabsat, and then by the Indian National Satellite System.

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